#E8D866#E8D866

#E8D866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D866
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -8.54, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 57.82, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0268 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2349, 67.2291, 22.3714)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D866 #6676E8

analogous

#E89766 #E8D866 #B7E866

triadic

#E8D866 #66E8D8 #D866E8

tetradic

#E8D866 #66E897 #6676E8 #E866B7

square

#E8D866 #66E897 #6676E8 #E866B7

split-complementary

#E8D866 #66B7E8 #9766E8

monochromatic

#B8A51C #E0CA31 #E8D866 #F0E69B #F8F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E8D866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D866

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D866	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e395',
    500: '#e8d866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d866;
$custom-light: #f2e395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8731,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D866

secondary

#3A4AB8

accent

#28D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D866

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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